shapefile

English

Etymology

From shape +‎ file.

Noun

shapefile (plural shapefiles)

  1. (geography, computing) A computer file in the Shapefile format, used in geographic information systems.
    • 1996, ArcView Spatial Analyst‎[1], page 16:
      Any shapefiles created during analysis will be created in decimal degrees.
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